Quick Shucks – 8/5/09

by lawshucks on August 5, 2009

quickshucks* Blog favorite and Tesla founder(?) Elon Musk is getting his day in court in his fight with one of the electric-car company’s inarguable founders. Hopefully, his lawyer won’t screw him over again.

After the jump, some nerd wanted to be a lawyer, an associate really really wants to be a really really super lawyer, a lawyer wants to be a restauranteur, and an award-winning lawyer.

* Bill Gates, Jr. thought about following his father into the practice of law. Hid dad founded one of the firms that is now part of K&L Gates, but Jr. couldn’t even graduate college and he wanted to be a lawyer? What a maroon.

* When we read this Texas Lawyer piece about a gung ho associate, we thought “battered spouse.” ATL called it Stockholm Syndrome. We’re all for proactive, supportive associates, but this guy might have OD’d on the Kool Aid.

* Duane Morris bankruptcy lawyer Skip DiMassa owns an Italian restaurant in Philly where his partners and associates eat. No indication of whether they get a discount.

* We thought the Microsoft-Yahoo deal was a yawner, but AmLaw Daily gave Brian Pass of Sheppard Mullin “Dealmaker of the Week” honors for his role. Poor guy left his wife and kids in Catalunya so he could get back to work.

Tagged as: duane morris, k&l gates, microsoft, sheppard mullin, yahoo

  • http://www.sanfernandovalleylawyers.com Joe

    That's terrible to have to leave your wife and children on vacation while you go back to the office. Honestly, what kind of world do we live in when your life is so owned by your work?

    • http://lawshucks.com lawshucks

      Arguably he wouldn’t have been able to afford to take his family in the first place if he wasn’t willing to make sacrifices like that. I believe that availability is built into the exorbitant hourly rates and high salaries. It’s a tough job that requires tough choices. I’m not going to fault a guy who chooses the high salary, posh vacations and private schools with the accompanying risk of getting called away at a moment’s notice. It might not be for me or you but it’s not irrational or sad that someone chooses differently.

  • http://www.sanfernandovalleylawyers.com Joe

    That's terrible to have to leave your wife and children on vacation while you go back to the office. Honestly, what kind of world do we live in when your life is so owned by your work?

    • http://lawshucks.com lawshucks

      Arguably he wouldn’t have been able to afford to take his family in the first place if he wasn’t willing to make sacrifices like that. I believe that availability is built into the exorbitant hourly rates and high salaries. It’s a tough job that requires tough choices. I’m not going to fault a guy who chooses the high salary, posh vacations and private schools with the accompanying risk of getting called away at a moment’s notice. It might not be for me or you but it’s not irrational or sad that someone chooses differently.

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